A Note From The Author
Our daughter has finally arrived! I was so smug throughout this pregnancy – assuming, like her brothers and sister, that she would arrive at least one to two weeks early and that she would be tiny like her sister. Well, she had other ideas! She was born exactly on her due date weighing one pound more than her sister did. By the end of the pregnancy both my kids were asking if their sister was ever going to come out and most of my friends wouldn’t even call for fear of incurring my wrath. I began to joke that she had decided to stay in until she was sixteen! But it does go to show that each one of our precious little angels has their own agenda as well as personality right from the beginning and no matter what we plan or do it’s not going to change anything. Dr. Ferber was recently in the news explaining that he was softening his approach to getting babies to sleep through the night by crying themselves to sleep. He now states that he has never advocated just one method for getting children to sleep, but that teaching a baby to sleep should be handled on a case by case basis. This is something that I have always believed and tell other moms constantly – there is no set method when it comes to caring for your baby. Every child is different and the best experts are mom and dad, who know their baby better than anyone. So trust your instincts and do what you feel is right for your baby and you will never go wrong. Have a safe and happy holiday season!